Bidet seat



Filed Dec. 35, 1954 N. PAZOS 2,774,078

BIDET SEAT 2 Sheets-Sheet l D IN VENTOR fVzca/aafiazaa Dec. 18, 1956 N.PAZOS 2,774,073

BIDET SEAT Filed Dec. 13,1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 United States PatentBIDET SEAT Nicolas Pazos, Havana, Cuba Application December 13, 1954,Serial No. 474,768

3 Claims. (Cl. 4-7) This invention relates to bidet seat forwater-closet bowls and its main object is to provide the seat of thebowl with a complete bidet service comprising cold and hot water supplyto a douche member which in its inoperative position is arranged nnderthe lower face of the seat, and once the person seated thereon has usedthe water closet service and wishes to use the douche, same is movedinto operative position towards the center of the bowl, and cold and/ orhot water combined flushes through the nozzle of the douche at will ofthe user, the douche being maintained in that operative position whilethe user is seated by virtue of a spring device in contact between theseat and the bowl, but which on being released when the person leavesthe seat, automatically returns the douche to its inoperative positionunder the seat and the water flow is stopped.

With this object in view the invention consists of the novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will appear in the followingspecification and recited in the appended claims, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing in which the same reference numerals indicatethe same parts throughout the various figures, and in which:

Fig. 1 is an upper plan view of the bidet seat arranged on the watercloset bowl, showing in dotted lines the douche member in its operativeand inoperative positions.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged partial cross vertical section on line 2-2, ofFig. 1 in the operative position of the douche member, that is, when theuser is seated and the inlet of water is opened.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the douche tube in its inoperative position,and in dotted line when swung to its operative position.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to that of Fig. 2 in the inoperative positionof the douche, that is, when the user has left the seat and the inlet ofwater is closed.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the bowl with thebidet seat in its inoperative position, showing in dotted lines the seatresting on the bowl and the position assumed by the douche member whensame is to be used.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section across the hinged leaf of the block towhich the rear portion of the seat is secured, showing the toothed barfor manually operating the douche member to its operative position.

Fig. 7 is a partial plan view of the block to which the seat is hingedand of the spring actuated douche member 7 2,774,078 Patented Dec. 18,1956 dotted lines the position of the rod when the end of the latch isinserted on the groove; and

Fig. 10 is a cross section view of the rod mounted on its sliding guideand the retaining latch in its position inserted in the groove of therod.

Referring to the drawings, 1 the upper edge of the water closet bowl onwhose plane rear base 2 is mounted the metal block 3 having an upperhorizontal forwardly projecting leaf 4 and two lower forwardlyprojecting shoulders 4 which are secured by means of screws 5 to therear upper and lower faces respectively of the seat 6, the block beinghinged to the pipe for cold and hot water 7 and 8, provided with hole 3'for the inlet of water to the block, and having cut-off valves notshown, which pipe is fixed by the collars 9 and 10, the whole beingsecured to the base 2 of the rear part of bowl 1 by the supports 11 and12. I

Block 3 is provided with a downwardly directed vertical conduit 13(Figs. 2 and 4) and at the rear part of the block facing the lowerportion of said conduit 13 there is provided a threaded opening forreceiving a threaded plug 14 provided at its inner end face with apacking 15 acting as a butt to the inner end of the douche pipe 16,which is slidably mounted on a guide formed by an annular edge 17 and anannular recess 18 of an aperture in the front part of the block 3 forslidably receiving the end portion of the douche pipe 16, thus forming asealing closure by means of the stufiing-box 19 lodged in said recess.

Around the douche pipe is coiled a spring 20 having a bent end securedto the lower face of the seat and its other end is inserted in a hole 21of a bracket hoop 22 tightly mounted on the douche pipe 16 and beingprovided at its periphery with a cam stop of inclined plane 23 facing asimilar cam stop 24 integrally connected to a shoulder 25 formed on theouter face of block 3, the bracket hoop being formed by the annular baseof 'arm 26 of the geared sector 27 adapted to mesh with a toothedportion 28 of the hand rod 29 which is slidable mounted on a forkedsupport 30, the opposite end of the hand rod being provided with aspherical handle 31. 7

Block 3 is provided with an arm 23' acting as'a catch to the cam stophaving a helicoidal surface so that the douche pipe 16 may not draw backmore than what it is necessary.

The douche pipe 16 is straight at its end portion adjacent the block 3and curved at its opposite end, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to beaccommodated under the lower face of the seat, but on pulling outwardlythe rod 29 by means of the handle 31, causing the geared sector 27 torotate to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 6, the curved portionof tube 16 carrying at its end the spray ing nozzle 32 is moved to itsoperative position shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3.

Seat 6 has at its lower face at a side thereof in its rear portion arecess 33 in which it is fixed the upper end of a strong coil spring 34whose opposite end is fixed to the long plane arm 35 of an angular leverof unequal arm-s, said long arm 35 carrying at its end a sphericalrubber butt 36 contacting with the upper edge of the bowl 2, the leverbeing mounted on a horizontally pivoting pin 37 supported on two lugs 38pending from a supporting plate 39 which secured by screw 40 to theupper face of seat 6 turns down over the rear end of the seat andextends forwardly underneath the lower face thereof, the short arm 41 ofthe lever being forked and fitting between the two lugs 38 of saidsupporting plate 39 and embracing an angular rod-like latch 42 providedwith a stop collar 43 beyond an inverted U shaped member 44 havingeyelets through which pass the horizontal branch of latch 42, which isslidable mounted through holes formed in lugs. 45 and 46 pending fromplate 39, there being coiled on latch 42 a coiled spring 47, which atone end bears against the U-shaped member 44 and. at the opposite end.on the. cotter pin.

35.4-1', and the, U; member 44 pushes outwardly the spring. 47} thus,causing latch 4-2 to slide out somewhat thereby preparing the angularbranch of the latch 42 for being lodgedin groove 49 of rod 29 as. soon,as said groove facesv the angular; branch of the latch 42, when theperson seated on the seat 6 pulls out rod 29. by grasping with his handthe spherical handle. 31, which will cause the simultaneous rotation ofthe geared sector 27, and owing to the action of the cam stop 23rotating in contact with the stationary cam stop 24, the bracket hoop 22 is caused to draw back together with the geared sector 27 against theelastic tension of spring 29, which causes the drawback of the open endof the douche pipe 16 separating same from packing connected to plug 14,whereby the water entering into block 3 throughthe pipe 7-8 whichconstitutes the shaft on which. hinges the block 3, flows through hole 3and vertical conduit 13 into the douche pipe 16 simultaneously with therotation of same in an angle of 90 by virtue of similar rotation of thegeared sector 27 to which it is connected and the water flushes upthroughthe spraying nozzle 32; but when the person leaves the seat andthe pressure on spring 34 ceases, the seat will reassume the inoperativeposition indicated in Fig. 5, the lever 3541 and the angular latch 42going back to the position shown in Fig. 8, the. geared sector 27 willbe rotated back-by the spring, 2.9, the cam stop 23 returning to itsnormal position sliding on the stationary cam stop 24', whereby the.douche tube 16 advances again until its end butts against the packing isconnected to plug 14 thus closing the water supply to the douche tube,which turns back to its inoperative position under seat 6 as indicatedin-Figs. 2 and 4, thus automatically closing the flow of water to thedouche even if the user forgets to cutoil the supply of water to pipe 73by closing the valves not shown.

The cold water supply may be taken from that of the water closet and thehot water from the nearest pipe, so that it may not be necessary tobreak the floor for underground connections.

While the invention is shown as applied to a bowl of the type providedwith a rear portion having holes for inserting thereto the bolts forsecuring the seat, it is obvious that the invention can also be appliedto such other types of bowls having an integral seat by securing theblock and other parts thereof in any conventional manner to the backportion or" such other types of bowls.

It is likewise obvious that the form, proportion, and details ofconstruction may be varied without departing from the spirit of theinvention, as defined in the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a bidet seat connected to a block hinged to a shaft secured to therear portion of a water closet bowl, said shaft being a pipe and servingas a water inlet, a douche pipe having an open end slidably mountedthrough an opening in the block, said douche pipe having its open endadapted for fitting against packing fixedlylocated within the block, thesaid open end of the douche pipe being straight and rotatably mounted inthe block and the opposite end terminating in a spray nozzle and beingcurved. to follow the contour of the seat, a spring 4 coiled around thedouchepipe, a geared sector secured to the straight portion of saiddouche pipe, said spring having one end secured under the seat and theother end secured to the geared sector and being under tension tonormally rotate the curved portion of said douche pipe beneath the seatand urge the open end of the douche pipe into sealed engagement withsaid packing, a hand actuated rod slidably mounted on the block andprovided with teeth at a portion thereof meshing with said sector, theblock and a portion of the geared sector having cam surfaces thereon,which, when the geared sect-or is rotated cause the same to raw backwith the douche pipe pressing the said spring and unseating the open endof the douche pipe from the packing while the curved end of the douchepipe is swung from beneath the seat so that the spray nozzle is inoperative position.

2. In a bidet seat as defined in claim 1, wherein latch means isprovided for holding said rod in the operative position and forreleasing the same when aperson leaves the seat, said means comprisingan angular lever of unequal arms pivotally mounted under the seat, andwhose longer arm is connected to the end of a coiled spring inserted atone end in a recess in the lower face of theseat and terminated at itsother end in a spherical rubber butt resting on the upper edge of thebowl, the shorter arm of the lever forming a fork which embraces anangular rodlike latch slidably supported on lugs pending from asupporting plate fixed beneath one side of the seat and from whichprojects a horizontal fork which slidably supports the toothed rod, acoil spring surrounding said latch and tensioned between an invertedU-shaped member connected to the short arm of the lever and a stop onsaidlatch to bias said latch against the rod when a person is on theseat, said rod having a groove adapted to receive the latch and tothereby retain the rodv in itsoutwardly extended position while theperson is seated and has pulled out the. rod, thus, maintaining thewater supply to the douche while same is in its operative position, saidlever being actuated by the spring disposed between such lever and theseat, when the person leaves the seat, to swing the shorter arm of thelever and its associated U- shaped member away from the latch to relievethe tension on the spring coiled about said latch and disengage saidlatch from said rod.

3. In a bidet seat connected to a block hinged to a shaft secured tovthe rear portion of a water closet bowl, said shaft being a pipe servingas a water inlet, a douche pipe having a straight end and its remainingportion curved and terminating. in a spraying nozzle, the straightportion being slidably and rotatably mounted in the block, the open end.of the douche pipe being adapted for fitting against a packing connectedtoa plug threaded in an opening in the wall opposite the opening throughwhich the douche pipe projects, a spring coiled around the straightportion of the douche pipe, a geared sector secured to the straightportion of the douche pipe, said spring having one end secured under theseat and the other end secured to the annular base of the geared sectorand being under tension tov normally. rotate the curved portion of thedouche pipe beneath the seat and urged the openxend of the douche pipeinto sealed engagement Withsaid'packing, a toothed rod slidably mountedon the seat and having a groove therein, an angular latch having one armslidably mounted underneath the seat and another arm extendingvertically to engage in said groove, an angular lever pivotally mountedon the seat and having unequal length arms, a spring inserted in thelower face of the seat engaging the longer arm of said lever andterminating in a spherical buttresting on the upper edge of the bowl; sothat when a person is seated, the lever is pivoted against the tensionof .the last mentioned spring, a spring coiled about said slidablymounted latch arm, and disposed between an abutment on the latch andtheshorter arm of 5 6 said lever so that when a person is seated, the latchis latch to retract the latter from said rod when the person resilientlyurged against the rod and seats in the groove, leaves the seat. a pairof earn elements, one secured to the block and the other connected tothe geared sector, said cam surfaces Refefellcfis Cited in the file Ofthis Patent being cooperative to disengage the open end of the douche 5UNITED STATES P S pipe from the packing when the sector is rotated bythe rod, and means on said lever and engageable with said 53119 Cralgie1866

